Cartridge-belt.



Patented Jan. 27, 1914 W. R. LYNCH.

GARTRIDGE BELT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13. 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September 13, 1912. Serial No. 720,264.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, WILLIAM R. LYNCH, a citizen of the nited States, residing at Urtiz, inthe county of Conejos and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Cartridge-Belts, of which the iollowing is a speciication.

An object of the invent-ion is to provide a belt for supporting cartridges or shot gun shells around the waist of the wearer.

The invention embodies, among other features, a :belt member adapted to encircle the waist of the wearer and having suitable means forl securing the ends thereof, a supporting member on the said belt member for supporting an adjustable strap in the piane of the belt member, and a series of spaced strips on the supporting member for forming bulging portions on the said adjustable strap and between the said strips, cartridges or shells being arranged to extend through the bulgingv portions of the said adjustable strap so that the cartridges or shells will be supported around the waist ot the wearer, the strap being adjustable for the purpose ofY accommodating cartridges or shells of various sizes and shapes.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constitutino' a part of this specification in which simiinar characters 01' reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the belt showing a series of cartridges or shells mounted thereon; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3,-3 in Fig. 1. j Referring more particularly to the views, use is made of a belt member 10, adapted to encircle the waist and provided at one end with a pluralityT of buckles 11 adapted to receive therethrough straps 12 secured to the other end of the belt member 10,-for the purpose of supporting the belt member around the waist of the wearer.

A supporting member 13 is sewed or otherwise secured to the belt member 10 on the outer face thereot` and is arranged in the longitudinal plane ci the belt member, a series of strips 14 being formed with the supporting member 13 and spaced apart as shown, with the said strips extendin transverselv through the supporting mem erv and across a guideway 15, for an adjustable strap 1G, the said guideway 15 being formed by the longitudinal inner edges of the supporting member 13.

The adjustable strap 16 has one end thereof sewed or otherwise secured tothe belt member 10, adjacent the' buckles 11 and the strap 16 is then passed through the guideway 15, beneath the strips 14, the edges of the supporting member 13 being adapted to,

support a strap on the belt member 10 with' the .tree end ofthe strap adapted for engagement with a buckle 17 secured to the belt member 10 adjacent the straps 12. In Order to retain the free end of the strap- 16 in position on the belt member 10 and also guide the strap toward the buckle 17, a reinforcing loop 20 is sewed or secured to the belt member 10 adjacent one end of the supporting member 13, as shown in Fig. 1. It will now be seen that .when the strap 16 is looscned on the buckle 17, a cartridge 18 can be readily supported on the belt by passing the cartridge beneath the strap 16 and between two of the strips 14, thus causing the strap to project beyond the strips 14 and form a bulging portion or pocket19, through which poc et the cartridge 18 extends and by which the cartridge is supported.

j It will be readily seen that by tightening 1or loosening the strap 16 relatively'to the buckle 17 Cartridges or shells of various sizes and shapes can be readily accommodated in the pockets of the strap and it will be further seen that by having the belt member 1Q made of a solid piece ofleather or the like with the supporting member 13 secured to the belt member so that the bulging portions 19 will project outwardly from the belt member, the belt when applied to the wearer will not inconvenience` the same or cause any discomfort tothe wearer inasmuch as the flat or inner side of the vbelt member will be smooth and unrutled and will not dig into the iesh of the wearer regardless of the number of cartridges that are supported on the belt, or. the size and shape of the car-l tridges.

, 1f desirable, the strap 16 can be made of an elastic or iexible material with both ends of the strap rigidly secured to the belt member 10 and it will be readily understood that althou h I preferably construct my device of leat er, the same can be readily construct' ed of canvas or any other adaptable matel rial.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a belt comprising a'belt member for attachment to 5 vthe bod of the wearer, a supporting memf ber on t e belt member and extending along the outer facethereof, the said supporting member forming` a guideway on the belt member, the said supporting member havf 10 ing'a series of parallel transverse slits cut therein to form a series of transversely extending strips,`a strap havin rigid connection with one'end of the be t member and extending through the saidvguideway and beneath the said strips, with the intermedi ate portions of the strap between the strips bulged to receive' cartridges, and a buckle A in presence o two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. LYNCH. Witnesses:

J. D. FRAZEY,4 ALFRED L. STRAWN. 

